12 torney, nor take legal action on a case not pro- vided for in its By-Laws — if said case relates to the person or to the property of Mary Baker
15 Eddy — without having personally conferred with her on said subject.
Duty to God. SECT. 10. Members of this
18 Church who turn their attention from the divine Principle of being to personality, sending gifts, congratulatory despatches or letters to the Pastor
21 Emeritus on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, or Easter, break a rule of this Church and are amenable therefor.
24 Opportunity for Serving the Leader. SECT. 11. At the written request of the Pastor Emeri- tus, Mrs. Eddy, the Board of Directors shall
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1 immediately notify a person who has been a member of this Church at least three years to
3 go in ten days to her, and it shall be the duty of the member thus notified to remain with Mrs. Eddy three years consecutively. A member who
6 leaves her in less time without the Directors' consent or who declines to obey this call to duty, upon Mrs. Eddy's complaint thereof shall
9 be excommunicated from The Mother Church. Members thus serving the Leader shall be paid semi-annually at the rate of one thousand dol-
12 lars yearly in addition to rent and board. Those members whom she teaches the course in Divin- ity, and who remain with her three consecutive
15 years, receive the degree of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College.
Location. SECT. 12. Rev. Mary Baker Eddy
18 calls to her home or allows to visit or to locate therein only those individuals whom she engages through the Christian Science Board of Direc-
21 tors of the Mother Church. This By-Law takes effect on Dec. 15, 1908.
Agreement Required. SECT. l3. When the
24 Christian Science Board of Directors calls a stu- dent in accordance with Article XXII, Sect. 11, of our Church Manual to the home of their
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1 Leader, Mrs. Eddy, said student shall come under a signed agreement to remain with Mrs. Eddy
3 if she so desires, during the time specified in the Church Manual.
Incomplete Term of Service. SECT. 14. If a
6 student who has been called to serve our Leader in accordance with Article XXII, Sect. 11, of the Church Manual leaves her before the expira-
9 tion of the time therein mentioned such student shall pay to Mrs. Eddy whatsoever she may charge for what she has taught him or her dur-
12 ing the time of such service.
Help. SECT. 15. If the author of the Chris- tian Science textbook call on this Board for
15 household help or a handmaid, the Board shall immediately appoint a proper member of this Church therefor, and the appointee shall go im-
18 mediately in obedience to the call. "He that lov- eth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.'' (Matt. 10:37.)
21 Students with Mrs. Eddy. SECT. 16. Stu- dents employed by Mrs. Eddy at her home shall not take care of their churches or attend to other
24 affairs outside of her house.
Mrs. Eddy's Room. SECT. l7. The room in The Mother Church formerly known as "Mother's
27 Room" shall hereafter be closed to visitors.
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1 Pastor Emeritus to be Consulted. SECT. 18. The Mother Church shall not make a church By-
3 law, nor enter into a business transaction with a Christian Scientist in the employ of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, without first consulting her on said
6 subject and adhering strictly to her advice thereon.
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES
Article XXI I I
Local Self-government. SECTION 1. The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall assume
12 no general official control of other churches, and it shall be controlled by none other.
Each Church of Christ, Scientist, shall have its
15 own form of government. No conference of churches shall be held, unless it be when our churches, located in the same State, convene to
18 confer on a statute of said State, or to confer harmoniously on individual unity and action of the churches in said State.
21 Titles. SECT. 2. "The First Church of Christ, Scientist," is the legal title of The Mother
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1 Church. Branch churches of The Mother Church may take the title of First Church of Christ,
3 Scientist; Second Church of Christ, Scientist; and so on, where more than one church is es- tablished in the same place; but the article
6 "The" must not be used before titles of branch churches, nor written on applications for mem- bership in naming such churches.
9 Mother Church Unique. SECT. 3. In its relation to other Christian Science churches, in its By-Laws and self-government, The Mother
12 Church stands alone; it occupies a position that no other church can fill. Then for a branch church to assume such position would be disas-
15 trous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church of Christ, Scientist, shall be considered loyal that has branch churches or adopts The Mother
18 Church's form of government, except in such cases as are specially allowed and named in this Manual.
Tenets Copyrighted. SECT. 4. Branch
21 churches shall not write the Tenets of The Mother Church in their church books, except they give the name of their author and her
24 permission to publish them as Tenets of The Mother Church, copyrighted in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.
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1 Manual. SECT. 5. Branch churches shall not adopt, print, nor publish the Manual of The
3 Mother Church. See Article XXXV, Sect. 1.
Organizing Churches. SECT. 6. A member of this Church who obeys its By-Laws and is a
6 loyal exemplary Christian Scientist working in the Field, is eligible to form a church in con- formity with Sect. 7 of this Article, and to
9 have church services conducted by reading the SCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. This church shall be acknowledged publicly as a
12 Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper appli- cation, made in accordance with the rules of The Christian Science Publishing Society, the serv-
15 ices of such a church may be advertised in The Christian Science Journal. The branch churches shall be individual, and not more than two small
18 churches shall consolidate under one church gov- ernment. If the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, should relinquish her place as the head or Leader
21 of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, each branch church shall continue its present form of government in consonance with The Mother
24 Church Manual.
Requirements for Organizing Branch Churches. SECT. 7. A branch church of The
27 First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass.,
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1 shall not be organized with less than sixteen loyal Christian Scientists, four of whom are members
3 of The Mother Church. This membership shall include at least one active practitioner whose card is published in the list of practitioners in The
6 Christian Science Journal.
Privilege of Members. SECT. 8. Members in good standing with The Mother Church, who
9 are members of the faculty, instructors, or stu- dents in any university or college, can form and conduct a Christian Science organization at such
12 university or college, provided its rules so permit. Also members in good standing with The Mother Church, who are graduates of said university
15 or college, may become members of the organ- ization by application to, and by the unanimous vote of, the active members present, if the rules
18 of the university or college so permit. When called for, a member of the Board of Lecture- ship may lecture for said university or college
21 organization.
No Close Communion. SECT. 9. The Mother Church and the branch churches shall
24 not confine their membership to the pupils of one teacher.
No Interference. SECT. 10. A member of The
27 Mother Church may be a member of one branch
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1 Church of Christ, Scientist, or of one Christian Science society holding public services, but he
3 shall not be a member of both a branch church and a society; neither shall he exercise super- vision or control over any other church. In
6 Christian Science each branch church shall be distinctly democratic in its government, and no individual, and no other church shall interfere
9 with its affairs.
Teachers' and Practitioners' Offices. SECT. 11. Teachers and practitioners of Christian Science
12 shall not have their offices or rooms in the branch churches, in the reading rooms, nor in rooms connected therewith.
15 Recognition. SECT. 12. In order to be eli- gible to a card in The Christian Science Journal, churches and societies are required to acknowl-
18 edge as such all other Christian Science churches and societies advertised in said Journal, and to maintain toward them an attitude of Christian
21 fellowship.
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GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS
Article XXIV
3 Church Edifice a Testimonial. SECTION 1. Whereas, on March 20, 1895, the Christian Sci- ence Board of Directors, in behalf of The
6 First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., presented to Rev. Mary Baker Eddy their church edifice as a Testimonial of this Church's
9 love and gratitude, and she, with grateful ac- knowledgments thereof, declined to receive this munificent gift, she now understands the finan-
12 cial situation between the Christian Science Board of Directors and said Church to be as follows: —
15 Financial Situation. SECT. 2. The Christian Science Board of Directors owns the church edi- fices, with the land whereon they stand, legally;
18 and the Church members own the aforesaid premises and buildings, beneficially. After the first church was built, the balance of the build-
21 ing funds, which remained in the hands of the Directors, belonged to the Church, and not solely to the Directors. The balance of the church
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1 building funds, which can be spared after the debts are paid, should remain on safe deposit,
3 to be hereafter used for the benefit of this Church, as the right occasion may call for it. The following indicates the proper management
6 of the Church funds: —
Report of Directors. SECT. 3. It shall be the duty of the Christian Science Board of Di-
9 rectors to have the books of the Church Treas- urer audited semi-annually, and to report at the annual Church meeting the amount of funds
12 which the Church has on hand, the amount of its indebtedness and of its expenditures for the last year.
15 Finance Committee. SECT. 4. There shall be a Committee on Finance, which shall consist of three members of this Church in good standing.
18 Its members shall be appointed annually by the Christian Science Board of Directors and with the consent of the Pastor Emeritus. They shall
21 hold quarterly meetings and keep themselves thoroughly informed as to the real estate owned by this Church and the amount of funds received
24 by the Treasurer of The Mother Church, who is individually responsible for said funds. They shall have the books of the Christian Science
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1 Board of Directors and the books of the Church Treasurer audited annually by an honest, com-
3 petent accountant. The books are to be audited on May first.
Prior to paying bills against the Church, the
6 Treasurer of this Church shall submit them all to said committee for examination. This com- mittee shall decide thereupon by a unanimous
9 vote, and its endorsement of the bills shall render them payable.
If it be found that the Church funds have not
12 been properly managed, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors and the Treasurer to be individually responsible for the performance of
15 their several offices satisfactorily, and for the proper distribution of the funds of which they are the custodians.
18 God's Requirement. SECT. 5. God requires wisdom, economy, and brotherly love to char- acterize all the proceedings of the members of
21 The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Provision for the Future. SECT. 6. In case
24 of any possible future deviation from duty, the Committee on Finance shall visit the Board of Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner,
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1 demand that each member thereof comply with the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director
3 fails to heed this admonition, he may be dis- missed from office and the vacancy supplied by the Board.
6 Debt and Duty. SECT. 7. The Mother Church shall not be made legally responsible for the debts of individuals except such debts as are specified
9 in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church shall not be made without the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus. Also important move-
12 ments of the manager of the Committee on Pub- lication shall be sanctioned by the Board of Directors and be subject to the approval of Mary
15 Baker Eddy. (See Article I, Sect. 6.)
Emergencies. SECT. 8. The Treasurer, per- sonally, or through the Clerk of the Church,
18 may pay from the funds of the Church bills of immediate necessity not exceeding $200 for any one transaction, and he may keep on deposit the
21 sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty cash fund, to be used by him for the payment of such bills. Such payments shall be reported, on
24 the first of the following month, to the Board of Directors and the Committee on Finance, for their approval.
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1 Committee on Business. SECT. 9. The Chris- tian Science Board of Directors shall elect
3 annually a Committee on Business, which shall consist of not less than three loyal members of The Mother Church, who shall transact
6 promptly and efficiently such business as Mrs. Eddy, the Directors, or the Committee on Pub- lication shall commit to it. While the mem-
9 bers of this Committee are engaged in the transaction of the business assigned to them they shall be paid from the Church funds.
12 Before being eligible for office the names of the persons nominated for said office shall be pre- sented to Mrs. Eddy for her written approval.
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
Article XXV
18 Board of Trustees. SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees, constituted by a Deed of Trust given by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the Pastor
21 Emeritus of this Church, on January twenty- fifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the property therein conveyed, and conduct the business of
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1 "The Christian Science Publishing Society" on a strictly Christian basis, for the promotion of
3 the interests of Christian Science.
Disposal of Funds. SECT. 2. The net profits of the business shall be paid over semi-annually
6 to the Treasurer of The Mother Church. He shall hold this money subject to the order of the Christian Science Board of Directors, which
9 is authorized to order its disposition only in accordance with the By-Laws contained in this Manual.
12 Vacancies in Trusteeship. SECT. 3. The Christian Science Board of Directors shall have the power to declare vacancies in said trusteeship,
15 for such reasons as to the Board may seem ex- pedient.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur, the Pastor
18 Emeritus reserves the right to fill the same by appointment; but if she does not elect to exer- cise this right, the remaining trustees shall fill
21 the vacancy, subject to her approval.
Editors and Manager. SECT. 4. The term of office for the editors and the manager of The
24 Christian Science Publishing Society is one year each, dating from the time of election to the office. Incumbents who have served one year or
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1 more can be re-elected, or new officers elected, by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science
3 Board of Directors, and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwriting.
Suitable Employees. SECT. 5. A person
6 who is not accepted by the Pastor Emeritus and the Christian Science Board of Directors as suitable, shall in no manner be connected with
9 publishing her books, nor with editing or pub- lishing The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, Der Herold der Christian Sci-
12 ence, nor with The Christian Science Publishing Society.
Periodicals. SECT. 6. Periodicals which
15 shall at any time be published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, shall be copyrighted and conducted according to the provisions in the
18 Deed of Trust relating to The Christian Science Journal.
Rule of Conduct. SECT. 7. No objectionable
21 pictures shall be exhibited in the rooms where the Christian Science textbook is published or sold. No idle gossip, no slander, no mischief-making,
24 no evil speaking shall be allowed.
Books to be Published. SECT. 8. Only the Publishing Society of The Mother Church selects,
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1 approves, and publishes the books and litera- ture it sends forth. If Mary Baker Eddy disap-
3 proves of certain books or literature, the Society will not publish them. The Committees on Publi- cation are in no manner connected with these
6 functions. A book or an article of which Mrs. Eddy is the author shall not be published nor republished by this Society without her knowl-
9 edge or written consent.
Removal of Cards. SECT. 9. No cards shall be removed from our periodicals without the re-
12 quest of the advertiser, except by a majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors at a meeting held for this purpose or for the exam-
15 ination of complaints.
Members of this Church who practise other professions or pursue other vocations, shall not
18 advertise as healers, excepting those members who are officially engaged in the work of Chris- tian Science, and they must devote ample time
21 for faithful practice.
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TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Article XXVI — TEACHERS
Motive in Teaching. SECTION 1. Teaching Christian Science shall not be a question of
6 money, but of morals and religion, healing and uplifting the race.
Care of Pupils. SECT. 2. Christian Scientists
9 who are teachers shall carefully select for pupils such only as have good past records and promis- ing proclivities toward Christian Science. A
12 teacher shall not assume personal control of, or attempt to dominate his pupils, but he shall hold himself morally obligated to promote their prog-
15 ress in the understanding of divine Principle, not only during the class term but after it, and to watch well that they prove sound in sentiment
18 and practical in Christian Science. He shall per- sistently and patiently counsel his pupils in con- formity with the unerring laws of God, and shall
21 enjoin them habitually to study the Scriptures and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES as a help thereto.
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1 Defense against Malpractice. SECT. 3. Teachers shall instruct their pupils how to de-
3 fend themselves against mental malpractice, never to return evil for evil, but to know the truth that makes free, and thus to be a law, not
6 unto others, but to themselves.
Number of Pupils. SECT. 4. The teachers of Christian Science shall teach but one class yearly,
9 which class shall consist of not more than thirty pupils. After 1907, the Board of Education shall have one class triennially, a Normal class not
12 exceeding thirty pupils.
Pupil's Tuition. SECT. 5. A student's price for teaching Christian Science shall not exceed
15 $100.00 per pupil.
Associations. SECT. 6. The associations of the pupils of loyal teachers shall convene annually.
18 The pupils shall be guided by the BIBLE, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH, not by their teachers personal views. Teachers shall not call their
21 pupils together, or assemble a selected number of them, for more frequent meetings.
A Single Field of Labor. SECT. 7. A loyal
24 teacher of Christian Science shall not teach an- other loyal teacher's pupil, except it be in the Board of Education. Outside of this Board each
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1 student occupies only his own field of labor. Pupils may visit each other's churches, and by
3 invitation attend each other's associations.
Caring for Pupils of Strayed Members. SECT. 8. A loyal teacher of Christian Science
6 may teach and receive into his association the pupils of another member of this Church who has so strayed as justly to be deemed, under the
9 provisions of Article XII, Sect. 1, not ready to lead his pupils.
Teachers must have Certificates. SECT. 9.
12 A member of this Church shall not teach pupils Christian Science unless he has a certificate to show that he has been taught by Mrs. Eddy or
15 has taken a Normal Course at the Massachu- setts Metaphysical College or in the Board of Education.
18 Such members who have not been continu- ously active and loyal Christian Scientists since receiving instruction as above, shall not teach
21 Christian Science without the approval of The Christian Science Board of Directors.
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Article XXVII — PUPILS
3 Authorized to Teach. SECTION 1. After a student's pupil has been duly authorized to be a teacher of Christian Science, or has been under
6 the personal instruction of Mrs. Eddy, he is no longer under the jurisdiction of his former teacher.
9 Without Teachers. SECT. 2. Those be- loved brethren whose teacher has left them, can elect an experienced Christian Scientist,
12 who is not in charge of an association of students and who is ready for this high call- ing, to conduct the meetings of their asso-
15 ciation.
Basis for Teaching. SECT. 3. The teachers of the Normal class shall teach from the chapter
18 Recapitulation in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, and from the Chris- tian Science Platform, beginning on page 330 of
21 the revised editions since 1902, and they shall teach nothing contrary thereto. The teachers of the Primary class shall instruct their pupils
24 from the said chapter on "Recapitulation" only.
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1 Church Membership. SECT. 4. Neither the Pastor Emeritus nor a member of this Church
3 shall teach Roman Catholics Christian Science, except it be with the written consent of the authority of their Church. Choice of patients is
6 left to the wisdom of the practitioner, and Mrs. Eddy is not to be consulted on this subject.
Class Teaching. SECT. 5. Members of The
9 Mother Church who are authorized by its By- Laws to teach Christian Science, shall not solicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their
12 classes. No member of this Church shall advise against class instruction.
Teachers of Christian Science must have the
15 necessary moral and spiritual qualifications to elucidate the Principle and rule of Christian Sci- ence, through the higher meaning of the Scrip-
18 tures. "The less the teacher personally controls other minds, and the more he trusts them to the divine Truth and Love, the better it will be for
21 both teacher and student." (Retrospection and Introspection, page 84.)
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Article XXVIII —ORGANIZATION
Officers. SECTION 1. There shall be a Board of Education, under the auspices of Mary Baker
6 Eddy, President of the Massachusetts Metaphysi- cal College, consisting of three members, a presi- dent, vice-president, and teacher of Christian
9 Science. Obstetrics will not be taught.
Election. SECT. 2. The vice-president shall be elected annually by the Christian Science
12 Board of Directors. Beginning with 1907, the teacher shall be elected every third year by said Board, and the candidate shall be subject to the
15 approval of the Pastor Emeritus.
President not to be Consulted. SECT. 3. The President is not to be consulted by students
18 on the question of applying for admission to this Board nor on their course or conduct. The stu- dents can confer with their teachers on subjects
21 essential to their progress.
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1 Presidency of College. SECT. 4. Should the President resign over her own signature or va-
3 cate her office of President of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, a meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors shall immediately be
6 called, and the vice-president of the Board of Education being found worthy, on receiving her approval shall be elected to fill the vacancy.
Article XXIX —APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES
Normal Teachers. SECTION 1. Loyal stu-
12 dents who have been taught in a Primary class by Mrs. Eddy and have practised Christian Sci- ence healing acceptably three years, and who pre-
15 sent such credentials as are required to verify this fact, are eligible to receive the degree of C.S.D.
18 Qualifications. SECT. 2. Loyal Christian Scientists' pupils who so desire may apply to the Board of Education for instruction; and if they
21 have practised Christian Science healing success- fully three years and will furnish evidence of their eligibility therefor, they are eligible to enter
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1 the Normal class. All members of this class must be thorough English scholars.
3 Certificates. SECT. 3. Students are examined and given certificates by this Board if found qualified to receive them.
Article XXX — ACTION OF THE BOARD
Sessions. SECTION 1 . The term of the
9 Massachusetts Metaphysical College will open with the Board of Education on the first Wednesday of December. The sessions will
12 continue not over one week. None but the teacher and members of the College class shall be present at the sessions, and no Primary
15 classes shall be taught under the auspices of this Board.
Special Instruction. SECT. 2. Not less than
18 two thorough lessons by a well qualified teacher shall be given to each Normal class on the subject of mental practice and malpractice. One
